MIG will be responsible for refining the framework for all development on the campus, creating links between the campus’ focus areas of entertainment, experiential learning and research, and agribusiness.

The CSU Temple Grandin Equine Center began programming in a temporary location at the National Western Complex in early 2016. A cohort of Bruce Randolph School students completed the Center’s first Denver-based Equine Assisted Activities and Therapies program in May.

ICON Venue Group will oversee the management of Colorado State University’s presence at the National Western Center, which includes construction of three buildings on the site. ICON also worked with the university on the new CSU Stadium, slated for its first game on Aug. 26.

Colorado State University is a key partner in the the reimagining of the National Western Center, a combined 250-acre site near Interstates 70 and 25, that is a planned year-round educational and entertainment hub for the city.

Colorado State University is one of five partners — including the City and County of Denver, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, History Colorado, and the National Western Stock Show — that have come together to create a shared vision for the future of the National Western Stock Show Complex site as part of the Mayor’s North Cornerstone Collaborative Initiative.

“I believe that assisting in attaining this vision for the NWC is not only fully aligned with the mission of and our vision for the second 150 years of Colorado State University, I believe that helping to attain this vision may well be critical to the long-term vibrancy of our university and the educational system of which it is a part,” said Colorado State University President Tony Frank.